Receptacle.



B. JAHN.

REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED PM. a, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

02% w 5A 2 3 Z n 1W BERTHOLD .TAHN, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE B. JAHN MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

RECEPTACLE.

income.

Specification of Letters Patent.

jaten'ted Mar. 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Bicn'rnotn Jenn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Iiritain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to receptacles, the object of the invention being to provide an article of this character which can be our ployed with advantage in various connections, which can be readily and inexpensively made, and which is strong and sub stantial.

There are a number of different ways in which a vessel involving my invention, can be made, and I have shown in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification, one of these several ways, which I will fully set forth in the following description so that those skilled in the art can practise the invention. From this it will be obvious that I do not restrict myself to such disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of my invention covered in the claims following said description.

A receptacle comprising my invention may be of any convenient shape and size and may be employed for any suitable purpose. In the embodiment thereof shown in the drawings, said receptacle is adapted to receive a drinking glass or equivalent vessel. Said receptacle 0' at least the body thereof is preferably but not necessarily, made of sheet material, by virtue of which it can be readily stamped from suitable stock and afterward shaped up to the desired form by means of dies or otherwise. lVhile any suitable sheet material may be employed I ordinarily use meta Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a receptacle involving my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same, Fi 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4t-4l of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 5 is a developed view of the blank from which the receptacle shown in the pre ceding figures, can be made.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings which it will be observed, are on clifferent scales.

' a continuous flange along the lower The receptacle comprises a body as 10, and this body is preferably but not necessarily, made in one piece whereby strength is assured. Said body 10 is provided with a handle ll and with depending legs 12 of which there may be any suitable number. Although I prefer that the body 10, handle 11 and legs 12 be integral, this is not essential in all cases, although by such construction I. (an very (prickly and easily make the device in its entirety from the blank shown in Fig. and hereinafter more particularly described. It is also coi'iceivable that the legs 12 might be omitted.

To add to the strength of the article I prefer to form along the opposite sides and bottoms of the legs 12, inwardly extending reinforcing beads or ribs 13 and to also form along the lower edge of the body 10 within the same. substantially similar ribs or beads 14, the latter in addition to strengthening the bottom of the receptacle being adapted to be used as a support for instance for a glass, which may be inserted in said body 10. In fact the ribs or beads to which I have referred, may be formed by edge of the blank hereinafter described.

As already intimated the receptacle may be utilized for any of the uses to which receptacles of the present kind are put. It may contain liquids or solids or it may be bottomless as shown, all those points being quite immaterial to the invention. In like manner it is not essential that the vessel be made from the blank shown in F 5 and now to be described, although this is highly advantageous. Said blank is denoted in a general way by 15, and it may be cut from sheet stock which as already indicated may be metal or any other suitable material. The blank comprises the main portion 1.6 which as illustrated, is of approximately segn'lental form, and this main portion 16 is formed into a tube by suitable dies or on a mandrel in such way that one side edge thereof is brought near or against the other side edge as will be hereinafter pointed out, to form the body 10 already described. From the sides of the said main portion 16 project laterally two cars which are illustrated as consisting of loops each denoted by 17 and of duplicate construction. These loops are adapted to mate to pres-en tthe handle 11 of the receptacle. After the blank 15 has been cut from suitable stock there being made from a sheet provided with inare formed in the opposite edges thereof slits as 18 and when this is done the two loops 1'? are bent back from the main portion 16. lVhen the loops 17 are bent away from the main portion or sheet 16 the side edges of said main portion can be brought into engagement to make the body 10; the slots in the abutting edges of the said main portion will be covered by the handle 11. The loops 1? may have as shown flanges 19, along their edges, and these flanges 19 will be brought into engagement as represented in Fig. 4 after which the two loops 17 will be riveted or otherwise suitably secured to gether as at 20. These rivets 20 not only hold the sections or loops of the handle 11 in proper relation, but they also maintain the form of the receptacle. After the blank is cut all the subsequent operations can be accomplished by means of dies or in any other desired manner.

What I claim is:

1. A receptacle comprising a tubular body provided with depending legs, said body tegral loop-like ears bent outward at an angle to the body to present a handle therefor, said body and legs having a flange eX- tending interiorly thereof uninterruptedly along the lower part of said body, along the opposite sides of and along the bottoms of said legs.

2. A receptacle comprising a tubular body made from a sheet the edges of which are approximately contiguous and are provided with loop-like ears extending outward at an angle to the body and presenting collectively a handle therefor, the body being slit inward at the junction of the ears therewith, said ears being flanged on their opposite faces and the flanges of the ears fitting against each other.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERTHOLD JAHN.

Vitnesses:

HEATH SUTHERLAND, F. E. ANDERSON.

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